things you did not know about Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was not only a rock icon because he named the band Queen, but because of his controversial image: he reinvented himself from his musical passion. This is perhaps one of the most controversial and beloved figures, as he sailed against the current, defining his sexuality openly and an extravagant style without equal.

Farrokh Bulsara: of African birth, Persian ancestry, Hindu childhood and British roots

Freddie Mercury was the artistic name that was given Farrokh Bulsara, originally from Zanzibar (Tanzania) although he lived a part of his life in India and his parents were of Persian origin, ascribed to the Zoroastrian tradition, religion that has as its precepts the freedom and Loyalty to the family, the community, the country.

He changed his name to Freddie Mercury and gave name to the band Queen

He changed his name himself and gave name to the band, which was originally called Smile and of which he was part, naming her Queen, "Queen of music". When he met the guitarist Brian May and Roger Taylor, he composed the song "My fairy King", which he said in a verse: "Mother Mercury, Look what they've done to me" (Mama Mercurio, look what they have done to me ). Then he changed his name to Mercury, Freddie took it the way his English friends called him at school, a symbolic act with which he intended to become not a rock star but a legend.

Introverted and lonely Vs Explosive and extravagant

Although in his concerts he was a bully and could not stand still in the stage, he declared himself to be rather introverted: "When I'm on stage I'm very outgoing, but on the inside I'm completely different." He considered himself a lonely person, maybe because of it his love of cats, of this same personality, despite the fame that surrounded him of thousands of fans, he declared to be interested only in a loving relationship with another person

Patriotic and royalty-loving

She exalted her pariotism and was a lover of royalty, hence her quest for extravagance and refinement: "I love the queen, I am very patriotic, I love all the pomp, of course, and I love her because she does extravagant things."

Of declared homosexuality

Freddie openly declared his homosexuality at a time when the subject was a scandal. The song "I want to break free" is key to gay pride, because Mercury raises its aspiration for freedom: "I want to break free, I want to break free, I want to break free from your lies, You're so self-satisfied I do not need you. I've got to break free, God knows, God knows I want to break free. " The video is a parody of the British soap opera "Coronation Street", so the video was censored by MTV in the United States and was presented until 1991.

Irreverent and provocative

For the video of the Bycicle Race, 65 women were hired to be naked during the filming as a provocation by Queen to the discomfort generated when Freddie dressed as a woman, smoked and drank. The song makes reference to icons of pop culture of the 70s such as Peter Pan, Frankenstein, Superman, among others.

LGBT community icon

He became an icon of the LGBT community for his talent, his manly physique, his youthful effrontery and beauty, elegance, glamor, strength and his rebelliousness to assume publicly gay. His tragic and early death, as well as the HIV disease that devastated his life, increased his mythical image

Multifaceted and creative artist

He was a multi-faceted artist who liked to incorporate elements of other arts to his work, since he had studied music since he was a child, he had participated as a young person in plays and had studied design. He had a creative and complex spirit: "I hate doing the same thing all the time. I like to see what is happening in this moment of music, film and theater and incorporate it. "

He loved a woman

Mary Austin was his wife although after their break they maintained a strong relationship and a brotherly love until the end of their days. She dedicated the song "Love of my life" to her, inheriting a large part of her assets. His last partner was Jim Hutton and he, they were together for more than 6 years, until the day the singer of Queen died.

At his death he was honored by rock greats

He died in 1991, at age 45 of a bronchopneumonia that became complicated due to HIV, a disease that he acquired since 1986 but announced shortly before his death. He had a ceremony according to the Zoroastrian rite that his parents professed and decided that public opinion did not know the place of his grave. It is believed that Mary Austin, scattered her ashes in Switzerland.

His death shocked the world music scene and in 1992 at the Wembley Arena in London, one of the most emotional tributes was celebrated with artists like Elton John, Guns N 'Roses, Seal, Metallica, David Bowie, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey , George Michael and Liza Minnelli.

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